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The Daily Free Press

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Canceled: The lack of promise in ‘Promising Young Woman’

Bini Ollivier-Yamin April 12, 2021
We must build a justice system that cares for sexual assault survivors, rather than rely on police.
Boston University College of Arts and Sciences senior Josh Prinzo poses with Paris Hilton at a protest supporting the #BreakCodeSilence movement aimed at supporting survivors of the troubled team industry. COURTESY OF JOSH PRINZO

CAS student shares personal experience with ‘troubled teen’ industry

Sophia Yakumithis November 24, 2020
One afternoon, Josh Prinzo was escorted onto a bus and taken to a wilderness camp with no prospect of returning home for seven months. The BU senior became one of hundreds of teenagers forced into a behavioral facility for rebellious teenagers.
HAGERTY: “Man, I feel like a woman”

HAGERTY: “Man, I feel like a woman”

Grace Hagerty March 20, 2017

Like many other ambitious young women, I hope to enter a field dominated by men. But it’s more daunting than I anticipated. I love writing and politics, so if I could make a career out of doing political...

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EDITORIAL: Students should come first, always

Editors January 25, 2017

Incoming and perspective college students are bombarded with messages and presentations on the lengths that colleges are going to ensure their students’ safety on campus. Blue light systems, heavy police...

JOHNSTON: Let today be a decent day

JOHNSTON: Let today be a decent day

Andrew Johnston January 20, 2017

It seemed as though this second semester crept up a tad faster than previous ones. I don’t know if that is because I spent most of my time worrying about where I will end up after I graduate, or because...

RENNER: Firefighters deserve workers' compensation for cancer risk

RENNER: Firefighters deserve workers’ compensation for cancer risk

Elise Renner December 10, 2015

A presumption law is one that will protect you no matter what — even if you don’t have any proof. This kind of law is especially important when it comes to doling out disability benefits to chronically...

EDITORIAL: Rockefeller Foundation's "Hamilton" grant gives students unforeseen chance to "rise up"

EDITORIAL: Rockefeller Foundation’s “Hamilton” grant gives students unforeseen chance to “rise up”

Editors October 28, 2015

Students in low-income school districts around New York will be given the chance of a lifetime in early 2016: they will be seeing the continually sold-out production of “Hamilton” for the #Ham4Ham...

RYAN: Hillary, it's time to quit the Millennial Marketing

RYAN: Hillary, it’s time to quit the Millennial Marketing

Sara Ryan September 22, 2015

Six months ago, I was so #ReadyForHillary. We had all been waiting months (or years) for the Clinton 2016 campaign to begin. It felt like every news story on the former secretary of state mentioned her...

EDITORIAL: A safer campus

EDITORIAL: A safer campus

Editors September 15, 2015

In April, the Daily Free Press published a Letter to the Editor written by a female student who had the courage to come forward as a survivor of sexual assault. Her story, which circulated around Boston...

EDITORIAL: Are we taking trigger warnings and politically correct speech too far?

EDITORIAL: Are we taking trigger warnings and politically correct speech too far?

Editors September 3, 2015

With college classes starting up for the fall, it is only natural that conversation surrounding trigger warnings and politically correct speech in classrooms will start up, too. In its September issue,...

EDITORIAL: All for Voting and Voting for All

EDITORIAL: All for Voting and Voting for All

Editors March 27, 2015

On Wednesday, the Ohio Senate approved a two-year transportation budget plan that would cost the state over $7 billion, and the high-stakes cost isn’t the only controversy. The bill explains several...

EDIT: A Private Nightmare

EDIT: A Private Nightmare

Editors March 4, 2015

It’s a horrific scene, one all too familiar but also straight out of your worst nightmares: a college-aged girl is at a party, drinks too much and things get out of hand. But the next thing she knows,...

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